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Table 3 Regression results for self-report, modal guesses, and informed variables

From: Parents' knowledge and predictions about the age of menarche: experimental evidence from Honduras

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

SRHit

SROver

SRUnder

MGHit

MGOver

MGUnder

Informed

Misinformed

Age

-0.004

0.003

0.002

-0.002

0.002

0.001

-0.003

0.003

(0.003)

(0.003)

(0.002)

(0.003)

(0.003)

(0.002)

(0.003)

(0.003)

Middle SES

0.023

-0.035

0.012

0.036

-0.036

0.000

0.059

-0.000

(0.065)

(0.056)

(0.050)

(0.065)

(0.058)

(0.045)

(0.066)

(0.059)

High SES

-0.098

0.077

0.021

0.049

-0.042

-0.007

-0.024

0.024

(0.068)

(0.061)

(0.056)

(0.067)

(0.058)

(0.051)

(0.068)

(0.062)

Education (respondents)

0.011*

-0.022***

0.011*

0.005

-0.010*

0.005

0.007

-0.010

(0.007)

(0.006)

(0.006)

(0.007)

(0.006)

(0.005)

(0.007)

(0.006)

Task order

0.015

-0.026

0.012

0.049

-0.077*

0.028

0.000

-0.063

(0.052)

(0.045)

(0.041)

(0.051)

(0.045)

(0.037)

(0.053)

(0.046)

Experience (at least 1 daughter age > 12)

-0.105

0.024

0.082

-0.164**

0.057

0.107**

-0.138**

0.132**

(0.066)

(0.057)

(0.055)

(0.066)

(0.058)

(0.053)

(0.064)

(0.063)

Female

-0.056

-0.088

0.144***

0.049

-0.092

0.044

0.010

0.018

(0.095)

(0.092)

(0.055)

(0.096)

(0.092)

(0.059)

(0.097)

(0.087)

Minority

-0.259*

0.145

0.115

0.034

-0.038

0.004

-0.130

0.096

(0.141)

(0.142)

(0.108)

(0.144)

(0.133)

(0.094)

(0.141)

(0.133)

Female and Minority

0.278*

-0.130

-0.149

-0.043

0.026

0.017

0.136

-0.099

(0.153)

(0.151)

(0.116)

(0.155)

(0.143)

(0.102)

(0.154)

(0.142)

Constant

0.706***

0.417***

-0.123

0.599***

0.405***

-0.003

0.520***

0.215

(0.161)

(0.152)

(0.109)

(0.162)

(0.154)

(0.094)

(0.165)

(0.149)

Observations

355

355

355

355

355

355

355

355

R-squared

0.041

0.064

0.033

0.034

0.034

0.025

0.030

0.039

  1. Note: Columns 1 to 8 present the OLS estimations of the explanatory variables on the different outcome variables. The baseline SES category is low. Robust standard errors in parentheses. Asterisks represent different significance levels: *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1